Blank for forming a head having a vizored headpiece



Oct. 19, 1965 A. PATTERSON 3,212,214

BLANK FOR FORMING A HEAD HAVING A VIZORED HEADPIECE Filed March 25, 19633 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. CHE T A. PATTERSON Oct. 19, 1965 c. A.PATTERSON 3,212,214

BLANK FOR FORMING A HEAD HAVING A VIZORED HEADPIECE Filed March 25, 19633 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. CHE T A. PATTERSON Oct. 19, 1965 A. PATTERSON3,212,214

BLANK FOR FORMING A HEAD HAVING. A VIZORED HEADPIECE Filed March 25,1963 3 Sheets-Sheet S INVENTOR.

CHE'T A. PATTEZSON United States Patent 3,212,214 BLANK FOR FORMING AHEAD HAVING A VHZORED HEADPIECE Chet A. Patterson, 70 Corte (Zayuga, SanRafael, Calif. Filed Mar. 25, 1963, Ser. No. 267,656 7 Claims. (Cl.46157) This invention relates to the production of a simulated humanhead formed from a blank of semi-rigid sheet material such as paper.

The main object of the invention is to provide a simulated headrepresenting a person wearing a headpiece. For example, the presentinvention is particularly adapted for forming heads simulating baseballplayers, golfers and other persons normally wearing headpieces.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a simulated humanhead from a blank of semi-rigid sheet material such as paper in whichthe shape of the head formed very closely approximates the actual shapeof a human head.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a simulatedhuman head formed of paper and the like in which a close approximationto the shape of the human head is achieved through use of the portionsof the blank that are employed to form the visor of the headpiece.

Yet another object of the invention is the provision of a paper headadapted to simulate outstanding athletes and others by which a humanlikeness is achieved by means of a paper blank on which appropriate artwork may be incorporated so that the head when finally formed bears astriking resemblance to the person whom it is intended to simulate.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingspecification and from the drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the blank in its fiat unbent form.

FIG. 2 is a rear elevation of a partially formed head after the oppositevertical marginal portions of the blank have been brought into engagingrelation-ship so as to form a generally cylindrical shape.

FIG. 3 is a side elevation of the partially formed head after the lowercentral portions have been brought together to form the neck and afterthe visor portions have been folded over from the rear of the headthrough the opening in the front to form the Visor.

FIG. 4 is a horizontal cross section through the head as taken in aplane indicated by lines 4-4 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the completed head of FIG. 6.

FIG. 6 is a perspective of the complete head in its final form withappropriate art work on the surface of the blank omitted.

In detail, and first with reference to FIG. 1, the invention comprises ablank designated 1 which is generally rectangular in shape having a pairof vertically extending opposite side edges 2 and 3 and horizontallyextending bottom edge 4. The upper portion of the blank is irregular andis formed with tabs to be employed in forming the head in a manner to besubsequently described.

Centrally of the blank the same is formed with arcuate slits 5, 6simulating the eyes of the head and an arcuate slit 7 simulating thenose of the head.

At about the forehead of the head the blank is formed with a relativelylong arcuate generally horizontally standing slit 8 for a purpose to bedescribed and at the lower portion of the head an arcuate slit 9 definesthe jaw portion of the head and for this purpose extends outwardly fromopposite sides of the central plane of the head and upwardly to a pointspaced from two slits 10, 11 representing the ears of the head.

3,212,214 Patented Oct. 19, 1965 At this point it will be noted thatwith respect to slits 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11 no score line is incorporatedin the blank to define fold lines, but in each instance the portiondefined by the slit may be bent outwardly along a generally straightline connecting opposite ends of the slits to form the particularappendage involved.

Intermediate the ends of slit 9 and the slits 10, 11 are pairs of scorelines under each ear and designated 12, 13, 14 and 15. These score linesform hinges permitting the face portion of the head to be bent outwardlyrelative to the neck portions in a manner that will be more clearlyapparent later on. Adjacent the vertically extending side edge 3 are apair of vertically spaced arcuate slits 20, 21 which are adapted toreceive therethrough tabs 22, 23 respectively which extend outwardlyfrom the other side edge 2. It will be apparent when the blank is bentinto a generally cylindrical shape with the marginal portion that isadjacent side edge 2 overlapping the marginal portion that is adjacentside edge 3 that the tabs 22, 23 may be received within slits 20, 21thereby holding the blank in a generally cylindrical form.

Adjacent the lower corners of the blank arcuate slits 24, 25 are formedso that they register with each other when the blank is bent in theabove described manner. By pushing the tab formed by slit 25 through theopening formed by slit 24 additional securing means is effected forretaining the blank in its generally cylindrical form. The shape of thepartially completed head at this point is best seen in FIG. 2.

Adjacent the lower edge 4 the blank 1 is provided on the one side with apair of slits 31, 32 for receiving therethrough tabs defined by arcuateslits 33, 34 respectively. After the blank has been bent to thecylindrical shape described above the two lower portions of the blank onopposite sides of a generally vertically extending central slit 35 areplaced in overlapping relationship with the tab 33 entering slit 31 andthe tab 34 entering slit 32 (see FIG. 6). At this point it will be notedthat by overlapping said lower portionsthey define the neck of the headso that the chin portion defined by slit 9 projects outwardly tosimulate the general configuration of a human head.

The upper opposite corners of the blank are provided with slits 40, 41on the left hand side and slits 42, 43 on the right hand side to form apair of relatively large visor forming flaps 44, 45 respectively. Afterthe head has been formed to the shape shown in FIG. 2 said flaps 44, 45are bent forwardly to a generally horizontal position and insertedthrough the slit 8 (FIG. 1) at the forehead of the face so that saidflaps project outwardly from the plane of the face to simulate the visorof a headpiece such as a baseball cap or a golfers cap.

Along the outer edges of flaps 44, 45 are provided relatively shortslits 46, 47 respectively which, when the visor is in its properposition, can receive the portion of the face adjacent the ends of slit8 (see FIG. 3).

Along the edge of the flap that is in continuation of the slit 41 are apair of relatively short slits 50, 51 defining a tab 52 that may beoverlapped with the flap 45. In a position on flap 45 corresponding toslit 51 is another short slit 53 which is received in slit 5]. when thetwo visor portions are assembled so as to hold said portions in theirproper relative relationship to form the unitary visor.

At this point it will be noted that the folding of flaps 44, 45 createsan extremely rigid structure since said flaps are in tension betweentheir junctures with the remainder of the blank and the slits 46, 47 sothat the tension in the flaps is acting against the rear and front sidesof the head which, being formed to a cylindrical shape, are inherentlystrong. The above described visor structure can be best seen in FIG. 4.

Inwardly of slits 41, 43 another pair of slits 60, 61 are providedforming flaps 62, 63 which are folded inwardly of the head as the nextstep in the assembly.

The central upper portion of the blank 1 is formed with a relativelylarge recess 70 defining a pair of flaps 71, 72 adjacent slits 60, 61.Adapted to cooperate with flap 71 is a flap 73 which is defined by slit42 and the side edge 3 of the blank. When flap 71 is bent rearwardly andflap 73 bent forwardly they cooperate to form one side of the uppersurface of the headpiece. To provide a means for joining said flaps,slit 74 is formed in flap 71 and slit 75 is formed in flap 73 so thatsaid flaps may be releasably secured together. Similarly, the flap 72 isprovided with a slit 77 and a corresponding slit 78 is formed on flap 79which is similar to and on the opposite side of the blank from flap 73.As can be seen from FIG. the function of flaps 62, 63, 71, 72, 73 and 79is to form the top of the headpiece and at the same time simulate thetypical seamed construction used in baseball caps and the like.

Flap 72 may be provided with a tab 80 formed by short slit 81 and whichtab when bent upwardly when the head is assembled simulates the buttonusually provided on the crown of such a headpiece.

To provide a base for the head so that it may be displayed a pair ofslits 82, 83 are provided on the blank to form wings 84, 85 respectivelywhich, as best seen in FIG. 6, may be swung outwardly from the neckportion to provide the front part of the base of the head. The rear partof the base is, of course, provided by the outer ends of the lower edge4. Said outer ends being indicated as 87, 88 in FIG. 1.

In FIG. 6 the completed head is shown plain in order to emphasize thestructural aspects of the same. It will be understood, however, that theblank 1 is provided with appropriate surface coloring and art work tovery closely simulate the facial characteristics of an actual person. Itwill be noted in this connection that the headpiece may be colored blackwith a suitable insignia on the forward portion of the same and that thewings 84, 85 as well as the remaining central portion of the front ofthe head may be shaded or colored to display an appropriate uniform.

It will be apparent that the three dimensional head shown in FIG. 6creates a striking simulation of the shape of a human head despite thefact that it is formed from a unitary sheet of material and furtherdespite the fact that no pleats or folds are employed to create theprojecting elements such as the visor of the headpiece.

The effectiveness of this invention resides, to a great degree, in theuse of the visor flaps not only as an important structural member butalso to provide an interruption in the front face portion of the head.In this connection it is important to note that the life like appearanceof FIG. 6 could not be achieved in the absence of the visor.

The above very specific description of a preferred form of the inventionshould not be taken as restrictive thereof as it will be apparent thatvarious minor modifications may be resorted to by those skilled in theart without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a head construction simulating a human head wearing a headpiecehaving a visor and formed from a blank of semi-rigid continuous sheetmaterial,

a central face forming portion on said blank,

a pair of side portions on opposite sides of said central portion,

said central and side portions being wrapped into a generallycylindrical shape about a vertically extending axis with the oppositevertically extending margins of said side portions brought intoengagement to form the face, sides and back of said head,

said blank being formed with a horizontally extending opening at theforehead of said face portion,

said blank including vertically extending flaps in continuation of saidside portions bent generally horizontally from said side portions andextending across said axis through said opening and forming said visorof said headpiece projecting forwardly and outwardly of said face.

2. Construction according to claim 1 wherein additional flaps areprovided on said side portions and bent generally inwardly toward saidaxis to form the top of the head construction.

3. Construction according to claim 1 wherein said blank is cut along aline from the lower edge of said face forming portion to the lower edgeof said blank, and the portions on opposite sides of said line areoverlapped to form the neck of the head.

4. Construction according to claim 3 wherein said blank is cut at saidside portions along lines extending outwardly and downwardly from saidneck to the lower edge of said blank to form flaps to provide supportingelements for said head.

5. In a blank construction of semi-rigid sheet material, such as paper,and adapted to be folded to simulate a human head wearing a headpiecehaving a visor.

a blank having a pair of vertically extending side edges and a loweredge generally perpendicular to said side edges,

a central portion simulating a human face and defined by an uppergenerally horizontally extending slit in said blank at the forehead ofsaid face, and a generally arcuate lower slit defining the chin line ofsaid head,

interengaging means along the opposite marginal portions adjacent saidside edges for securing said marginal portions together when said blankis bent to a generally cylindrical form about a vertical central axis,

the upper portion of said blank being formed with a pair of generallyupwardly extending slits extending to the upper edge of said blank oneach of the op posite sides of said blank from said central portion andforming elongated visor flap means adapted to be passed through saidupper slit to positions extending outwardly of said face.

6. Blank construction according to claim 5 wherein a pair of parallelscore lines are formed at each of the opposite sides of said face toprovide the juncture between the face and the neck.

7. Blank construction according to claim 5 wherein another pair ofgenerally vertically extending slits are formed in said upper portionextending away from said face to provide additional flaps adapted to bebent generally inwardly toward said axis to form the top of the head orheadpiece.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,187,721 1/40Wolfson 40-126 2,289,858 7/42 Angrave 46157 X 3,055,142 9/62 Palm 46 157X RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Primary Examiner,

1. IN A HEAD CONSTRUCTION SIMULATING A HUMAN HEAD WEARING A HEADPIECEHAVING A VISOR AND FORMED FROM A BLANK OF SEMI-RIGID CONTINUOUS SHEETMATERIAL, A CENTRAL FACE FORMING PORTION ON SAID BLANK, A PAIR OF SIDEPORTIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CENTRAL PORTION, SAID CENTRAL ANDSIDE PORTIONS BEING WRAPPED INTO A GENERALLY CYLINDIRCAL SHAPED ABOUT AVERTICALLY EXTENDING AXIS WITH THE OPPOSITE VERTICALLY EXTENDING MARGINSOF SAID SIDE PORTIONS BROUGHT INTO ENGAGEMENT TO FORM THE FACE, SIDESAND BACK OF SAID HEAD, SAID BLANK BEING FORMED WITH A HORIZONTALLYEXTENDING OPENING AT THE FOREHEAD OF SAID FACE PORTION, SAID BLANKINCLUDING VERTICALLY EXTENDING FLAPS IN CONTINUATION OF SAID SIDEPORTIONS BENT GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY FROM SAID SIDE PORTIONS ANDEXTENDING ACROSS SAID AXIS THROUGH SAID OPENING AND FORMING SAID VISOROF SAID HEADPIECE PROJECTING FORWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY OF SAID FACE.